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Thursday, August 19, 2010

Get 20% Off the Lady Grey Pattern!

Great news, readers! Sarai of Colette Patterns is offering us 20% off the Lady Grey coat pattern that we'll be using for our sew-along (blogged this morning.) To take advantage, just enter the code GERTIE20 (note that it's case sensitive) at checkout.

Thanks for getting us this discount! I wanted to see a better photo first tho, and found some great ones with comments too, (and that was helpful). In case anyone else would like to see some other versions of this coat, here's what I found:Comments + pix: http://pinkchalkstudio.com/blog/2010/03/24/sewing-pattern-review-lady-grey-by-colette-patterns/Comments + pix: http://muffett.blogspot.com/2009/12/colette-patterns-lady-greyin-red.htmlpix: http://www.flickr.com/photos/49393993@N04/4828378740/comments + pix: http://handmaiden.typepad.com/handmaiden/2010/06/lady-grey-coat.htmlcomments + pix: http://www.burdastyle.com/projects/raindrop-coat-on-a-lady-grey-day?image=93081pix: http://www.flickr.com/photos/40460017@N04/4495047596/in/pool-colettepatterns#/photos/40460017@N04/4495047596/in/pool-935793@N25/

Oh my. I'll probably have to participate, too!Sarai is clever, no doubt of it. How many people who probably would not buy this pattern are going to buy it now? I'd just admire it from afar, but now I feel compelled to really have it!

Your red coat was the reason for my purchasing the Lady Grey pattern (and yummy purple wool coating with green silk lining!) a couple of weeks ago, so your sew along has come at the perfect time!

May I say, I have only recently discovered your blog, I am enjoying catching up on the archived posts. They are a rich and varied source of inspiration. Thank you. You should be really proud of what you have achieved through this forum.

I second the request for recommendations on fabrics as well as where we can get a good deal online. I'm new to the online fabric shopping market (and unfortunately all we have around here is JoAnn's) so any help is appreciated!

I'd love to make a white coat just like the modeled version!

Also, apart from the actual fabric for the project, I'm assuming I'll need a muslin? What type of fabric do you recommend for that?

I have a question and am hoping someone can help me. I have ordered my pattern but now I'm trying to find fabric. I'm normally really conservative but I want this coat to be really fun so I was thinking of making it in black hi low corduroy (for the conservative part of me) with a bright Pink/fuchsia silk linking (for fun, I LOVE pinks). Anyone have suggestions of a good place to purchase this fabric?

Yay, thanks for the discount. Going to order my pattern now. Still on the fence about fabric ... twill is more to my budget, but wool would be more useful, as I'm thinking a maroon or red color so I can wear this to my son's marching band activities (their colors are red and black, and I have a black wool coat). This may end up being my Christmas present, lol.